The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-14
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RuaDY, DAE, Auguat 10.-rhinking |
tia. I might do some Of my old friends u |
good turn, I have concluded to write you
q ehort description Of our town and the |
country around. Hge,Ei}y
Our postofics ID named Rugby, bu! the
town and RAILROAD station arc called Rugby
Junction, this, however, We hope to have
changed 90 1t will oil DO Rugby. Our
county is called Pierce after the late Gov.
ernor Of tho Territory and II the Governor
Ia 90 good man rs this 10 land, why, then
he Is q dandy. Not being o hiRh.hyer, I
never met the Governor but have been
all over tho county.
Our county Ia not yet organized so that
at present al! tho law We have 10 public
sentiment, but am pleased to cay that
this is very good. Our people are a law.
abiding class and II roughs oil any kind
come here to locate they got warning TO
leaye at once, aud fortunately for them,
they slwaya so. .fltb,A 9''g
The ordor Tor organizing tho county as a
corporate body aud the election OF the
officers for the county WAC Issued two
days ago by the Government, 60 that with.
In eixty days VIC will ba In full operation
% ono OF the counties, and not the least, of
the great and grand Territory Of Dakota.
Our people are composed OF almost all
Glasses. We hsye Norwegians, swedes,
Irish, Engliah, Scotch, and Q great many
from Canada, many York State people,
also from Eastern Stated, come few from
the Middle States and Wssteln, lie Iowa
and Minnesota, and quite number OF
our best people come from the South,
V!tsirin, Kentucky, Tennessee, &c.
Our town Is young, you may truly say
only started this spring, and 10 show you
how the town stands to-day, will say
there are four hotels, one restaurant, four
general Btores, one hardware store, one
! drug store, two livery barns, two black.
smith shops, two churches, four saloons,
two wheat e!eyatolB, and good]y mum.
her OF houses. All branches Of industry
are here represented. - r.
| The Hops branch Of the st. Paul, Min
neapoliu & Manitoba Railway will IN.
doub.edly be extended to this point next
year, II not this, and connect with the
Bo.tlreau branch, as We now call 1t; there
Is also great and strong possibility that
the company will build road from this
point to Bismarck, tho capitol Of the Ter.
fltory. The railroad psopls are very
; friendly 10 this town, and one reason is it's
pecnliar location 40 regards the Turtle
Mountains and the Cheyenne river, with
Devils Lake. The town Is at point as
lar eaat as any road coming from the upper
Red River Valley or from Central, South
ern or Southeastern Dakota or Minnesota
lean DO run with proper economy. It ia
IS far wsss IS any road coming from the
southwes. or weat, and desiring to 20 In
an easterIy direction eau build with the
least coat consequently wo have the pros.
meet, and good one. Of being the greate,t
railroad centre Of far Northern Dakota.
Nov, as 10 the c3uatry round US: Our
county is composed Of thirty.two con.
yressional to9nshlpu, EACH six miles
squsrs. Eight Of these townships are sur.
vsyed and have been in tho market abou.
a year, and though mostly settled on,
there are still good many pieces Of land
thst can DO had Tor tho eeking. All the
balance, viz, twenty-tour townships OF as
Gns land IS ever lay on. doars, Is ungur.
yeyed Government land, and person can
| go aud put his little shanty, 10xl2, on lGO
acres OF Cots land and nobody has right
to ask him queation.
There are some magnificent lands in the
southasn portion Of our county for stock
raiBing. was down about ono week aco
and drove over about one Thousand acres
OF fine blue grees that reached to the
buggy seats. Some Of these townships
! re to bs surveyed and put on tho market
in fow days and there will be an awful
rush for the lands.
The crop here has been harvested and
the lowest eatima!e ] have heard of the
yisld Of whest Ia twenty.;hrae bushels to
the acre. We have had no bad storms ss
there have been elsewhere and really no
danger has been dore to any crop.
went out the other afternoon in com.
peny with friend for drive. We had
a nice top buggy, end after driving about
six miles spied garden, and after look.
ing the thing over we concluded We would
play boy again and get at that garden or
'bnet." Well, we got there, but only 10
find 1t guarded by genial gentleman and
hi8 good vile. OF course, I'VE simply
came to see how they were getting along"
but afser passing plimentsI put In my
osr about something in the vegetable line,
and with great good nature We were as.
aiated IN filling the body Of our buggy, and
such beets, carrots, onions, lettuce, new
potatoes, and every other conceivable
thing you ever saw, all grown on ."brsak-
ing"-that ia, sod turned this year.
II any Of your people want to change
thsir homes, l can say to you there is no
place under the broad canopy Of heaven
tbat is better than Piercs county, North
Dakota, TO 20 to. D. ]. TALLANr. 2